Question follow-through · 19445
Business: Billing and Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what consultation was undertaken before publication of the (a) Fair Payment and (b) Disability Finance Code.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 11 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 16 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 19 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what consultation was undertaken before publication of the (a) Fair Payment and (b) Disability Finance Code.
16 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Dec 2024
Answer published
A new Fair Payment Code which is more credible, enforceable, and ambitious was launched earlier this month to replace the former Prompt Payment Code. This followed feedback from small business stakeholder groups, including Federation of Small Businesses, ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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G20
12 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many of his counterparts from G20 nations (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have met.
Public Sector: Productivity
12 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had discussions with (a) the ONS (b) the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the Public Services Productivity Review.
Import Duties: USA
12 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to prepare for the potential imposition of trade tariffs by the US.
Stellantis
12 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets attended any of the meetings held by his Department with Stellantis.
Department for Business and Trade: Remote Working
12 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department takes to monitor the productivity of officials when they work from home.
Department for Business and Trade: Aviation
16 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many (a) commercial and (b) non-commercial flights he has taken since 5 July 2024.
Department for Business and Trade: Redundancy Pay
16 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many (a) settlement agreements and (b) special severance payments with (i) current and (ii) former employees his Department has made in each of the last 12 months.
Department for Business and Trade: Training
16 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many away days or off-site team building exercises his Department has arranged for officials in each month of this year; and what the cost of these was.
Industrial Strategy Council
18 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will outline the process for appointments to the Industrial Strategy Council.
Industrial Strategy Council
18 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many applications his Department received for the appointment to the Industrial Strategy Council; and how many and what proportion of those applications reached each stage of consideration for appo
Trade Agreements: USA
18 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what meetings (a) he, (b) ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have had with President-Elect Trump's transition team on a potential UK-US trade deal.
Department for Business and Trade: UK Relations with EU
18 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what meetings officials in his Department have had with representatives from the European Union since 5 July; and for what purpose.